Lobbying

main players were Michael Scanlon, Adam Kidan, Ralph Reed, Tom Delay, and Bob Ney. All of these people either received bribes, gave out bribes, or were involved in some other type of illegal activity. Abramoff’s scandal was based mainly around his lobbying work with the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and their interests in owning casinos and gambling. His first job in 1995 was to eliminate the bill that was charging an unrelated sales tax to the Native Americans casinos. Abramoff charged…

promoting gender equity, Status of Women Canada. Status of Women Canada provided advocacy, research and lobbying on behalf of women’s groups. The government closed 12 out of 16 regional offices of SWC and their operating budget was cut by 38 per cent. Changes were imposed to the criteria for funding for the Status of Women Canada’s Women’s Program that essentially barred advocacy and lobbying groups from receiving funding.” (Woods, 2011) Furthermore, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission…

The Problem with For-Profit Prison Private or for profit prisons are facilities that are contracted with the local, state or federal government to operate correctional facilities. In the 1980’s President Reagan said that government was the problem and proposed privatizing many institutions (Selman & Leighton, 2010). According to the American Civil Liberties Union, currently about 6% of state prisoners and 16% of federal inmates are in a privatized institutions. The most common argument in…

Initiatives and referendums essay Initiatives and referendums are an important part in our government. Having the choice to let us (the people) voices be heard gives a broad view of things that need to be changed whether it is a certain law that needs to be passed or denied we have the power to make an impact. When people have the opportunity to speak their mind specifically through election it will make them want to be more engaged and informed as to actually what changes need to be…

Gesell and Dempsey (2011) described Adam Smith’s “perfect liberty” as an individual left perfectly free to pursue his own interest his own way. The premise being that of an “invisible hand” of competition where capital, labor and the marketplace would naturally maintain a balance with equal distribution of wealth and capital across all levels of the workforce (division of labor) in a free, rather than limited, marketplace. In light of current and historical events related to the transportation…

Mark Zuckerberg Supports Obama on Immigration Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s lobbying group FWD.us filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court along with other tech leaders, supporting the executive actions taken by President Barack Obama in November 2014. The President’s actions will confer new rights upon a certain category of undocumented immigrants living here. However, those actions were blocked after a case was filed against it by Texas and other Republican-led American states. The Supreme…

Professor Wallace Political Science 2: MWF 9:00-9:50 A.M. 8 December 2014 Assignment 15 Interest groups are a great way to persuade our politicians about a concern that a group of individuals may have. Politicians are influenced through the means of lobbying either directly by talking with the official or indirectly such as talking it over with an ordinary citizen. Interest groups can be very powerful and influential and have made President’s, lawmakers, and even judges change their minds about…

impacted by the policy or program is provided by comparison with the other. Finally baseline advocate always address similar data points and arguments with an emphasis on objectivity or neutral competence. Application of Qualitative Methods in Lobbying…

My parents are dreamers by definition. my parents migrated from Guinea, a politically unstable country in West Africa, to Brooklyn, NY, in search of the “American Dream,” without any promises of success in their pursuit. Remarkably, despite my parents not recieving an education in postcolonial Guinea, my parents have always sacrificed for the comforts of my brothers and I, while instilling in us the importance of receiving an education. Due to my parents lack of education and marketable skills,…

Light for the World is a non-profit international disability and development organization that strives to aid people who have an impediment or disability. They treat disabilities and empower individuals to become active member in society. Light of the World specializes in inclusive education, eye health, prevention of blindness, and community based rehabilitation; through these four concentrations, they aspire to change the world. They are currently engaged with multiple local, national, and…